OPINION: The injurious lies in Buhari’s Independence Day speech

By Frederick Nwabufo One detraction to the national rapport is the hackneyed lies. Lies told and retold many times as truth. Lies told deliberately to tinge a past of acrimony…

OPINION: Nigeria @ 60: Still a toddler

By Ademoola Orunbon NIGERIANS mark the 60th independence anniversary of their beloved country on Thursday. Few will disagree that, amidst the myriad of unnerving socio-economic and security challenges facing the…

OPINION: Nigeria at 60: The colonialists never left – they are Nigerian politicians

By Frederick Nwabufo The British colonialists chucked the power console to the aborigines of Nigeria in 1960. Let me rephrase that. The British prowlers tossed power into the palm of…

OPINION: Nigeria @ 60 – Still A Crawling Baby – By: Ademola Orunbon

Nigerians mark the 60th independence anniversary of their beloved country next Thursday, few will disagree that, amidst the myriad of unnerving socio-economic and security challenges facing the nation, Nigeria remains…

OPINION: IPOB/Oduduwa agitators’ alliance: Igbo, Yoruba were meant to be together

By Frederick Nwabufo The Igbo and the Yoruba share the affinity of interest. Their political goals are analogous. They both seek jurisdiction over their space and resources, and desire to…

OPINION: Enter Nyesom Wike — Obaseki’s new godfather

By Frederick Nwabufo Alliances can make and mar us. Jehoshaphat king of Judah (south of Israel) was a man who sought the face of God. He was a decent ruler.…

OPINION: Whoever wins between Obaseki and Ize-Iyamu, godfatherism will still dog Edo

By Frederick Nwabufo The campaigns of the first-tier contenders in the Edo governorship election have been largely ensconced in the agitprop of godfatherism. While Godwin Obaseki, incumbent governor of the…

OPINION: Bandits take over Abuja while DSS, police go after protesters

Frederick Nwabufo Nothing puts greater timbre on the parlous state of security in the country than the denudation of the virtual hedges and moats around the Federal Capital Territory (FCT),…

OPINION: Nigerian Army has now become too aggressive to forget how insurgency emanated

Ibe Pascal Arogorn How can Nigeria military become so nub to have moved down the most wanted Bandit in Benue state ,Gana ? They seem to have forgotten how Bokoharam…

Pastor Ibiyeomie not different from those seeking death of Kano singer for blasphemy

Fredrick Nwabufo We have to face up to the truth; the truth about Christian fundamentalism. The church today has been sculpted in the image of extremists and demagogues – men…

How far can our budding secessionists go?

By Iliyasu Gadu If you spend a good amount of time on the internet following events and trends in Nigeria as I do, you are likely to come across expressions…

Time To Move On – A Brief Note To Jonathan Supporters

By Inibehe Effiong Dear supporters of Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, if you truly want to fight for a better Nigeria, fight for a better Nigeria on principle, not based on…

OPINION: Buhari’s Growing Cruelty Reflects the Wishes of Nigerians

By Farooq A. Kperogi The All Progressives Congress (APC) subsists on lies and deceit, like its twin the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), but the party told a fundamental truth on…

This is not the time for ASUU to wilt ,it now or never

By Ibe Pascal Arogorn The fact ,ASUU and FG entered into an agreement in 2009 ,till today those demands from ASUU have not been met by FG .Not even a…

Electricity tariff, food and petrol price hike – who will bankroll Nigerians?

By Frederick Nwabufo The Buhari administration has ruptured the ceiling of liberties it enjoys. Like King Solomon in his last uneventful years, the government has compounded the yoke of the…